Pen And Squid Ink—Real Food For Living People Section :: Page 2

• BLOG — Spring cleaning for the body

  By Lauren HeatonApril 7, 2011

  

  Spring is purification time at our house, when, much like cleaning out the closets, we do a thorough wringing of our guts.

• BLOG — An opera cake to sing about

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 26, 2011

  

  This great for any sweet occasion cake really is easier to make than it looks.

• BLOG — Chilis that came before the McKinney Chili Cook-off

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 17, 2011

  

  The McKinney School’s 17th annual Chili Cook-off is coming next month, and it has some stiff competition from chiliheads around the country.

• BLOG — Students vet the culinary industrial complex

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 11, 2011

  

  School food may be wanting, but it is astonishing to think that anyone could come up with a meal plan to feed a bunch of hungry kids with picky tastes for under two bucks fifty a meal.

• BLOG — Kids navigate gustatory rush hour

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 28, 2011

  

  This week in the McKinney/Yellow Springs High School cafeteria, I learned a funny thing.

• BLOG — Get educated about school lunch

  By Lauren HeatonJanuary 19, 2011

  

  While hopefully cafeterias are not the place where most of our children’s food experiences originate, the school lunchroom is a place where kids spend a regular, if brief, part of every weekday. What is it like for them to sit down together, and what do they eat?

• BLOG — Symbols of a prosperous 2011

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 30, 2010

  

  When asked about the meaning of Christmas, my grandmother would always reply with a boisterous step, “Happy Birthday Jesus!” But asked about the meaning of New Year’s, her speech would suddenly assume a more reverent cadence.

• By Lauren Heaton

  When asked about the meaning of Christmas, my grandmother would always reply with a boisterous step, “Happy Birthday Jesus!” It’s about all one could expect from a woman who grew up with Buddha as the household deity, and still thought of going to the shrine as a punishment. But asked about the meaning of New […]

• BLOG — Everyone’s fond of fondue

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 18, 2010

  

  Fondue makes a warming holiday party food that friends and family can gather around.

• BLOG — Super sumac, soulful shiso

  By Lauren HeatonDecember 3, 2010

  

  Two reddish-purple herbs from two Eastern countries share some interesting properties and add fabulous flavor to complement the taste formula.